Reddit presentation

Reddit Platform Presentation for WRT426 Digital Identities

1. Image from: http://adpressive.com/blog/reddit-to-become-social-media-juggernaut-in-2013/ Reddit 101 Amy Li WRT426 Digital Identities

2. Reddit : noun; a type of online community where users vote on content Verb; to take part in a reddit community (Definition from Reddit.com ) Related words: Redditing , redditor , Subreddit (an independent Reddit community within the greater Reddit community) Image from: http://proseotalk.com/2012/01/22/ever-disappeared-down-the-reddit-rabbit-hole What is Reddit ?

3. History Created by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian , two graduates of University of Virginia, in June 2005 October 2006 they sold it to Condé Naste Publications, multilingual reddits September 2011 it became part of Condé Naste’s parent company: Advance Publications In 2012 Reddit participated in the SOPA blackout Vreeswijk , Simon. "The History of Reddit ." Stikky Media. Stikky Media, n.d . Web. 18 Feb. 2013 http://www.stikkymedia.com/blog/history-reddit www.reddit.com/about

4. How Reddit works http:// www.reddit.com /about/ Reddit is a liberal, open platform where the community can post anything. Redditors vote on stories—up or down; Popular stories rise to the top and less popular ones fall to the bottom Anyone can post links or open discussions on Reddit Comments can be made on each post

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6. Reddit Gold June 2011 Reddit introduced “ Reddit Gold,” allowing Redditors to enjoy the following additional features for $3.99/month: Trophy on your user page Turn off sidebar ads Option of seeing twice as many comments at once Ability to see 100 subscribed subreddits on front page listing Highlights new comments Adding notes to your friends Access to a secret members only community Vreeswijk , Simon. "The History of Reddit ." Stikky Media. Stikky Media, n.d . Web. 18 Feb. 2013 http://www.stikkymedia.com/blog/history-reddit

7. IAmA - AMA I am a [profession or title] Ask Me Anything A way to interview people. Commentators begin a post describing who they are and what they do, redditors reply to post with questions and commentator picks which questions he wants to answer Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Snoop Dog, Al Gore have done IAMA/AMA posts ( http://www.reddit.com/r/IAMAFamousArchive/ ) Stephen Levitt, author of Freakonomics did one today at noon. He announced on the Freakonomics blog this morning, telling readers: “ These are the sorts of questions I’m looking forward to:” Redditors can also submit requests within the subreddit community Image from: http://proseotalk.com/2012/01/22/ever-disappeared-down-the-reddit-rabbit-hole

8. Interact with the community Post pictures of cute cats, newsworthy articles, funny memes Actively participate in discussions; vote on other posts Earn Karma points (points determining your contribution to Reddit ; earned by following steps above) How to be successful on Reddit How to fail miserably at Reddit Self promotion- posting links only to your personal blog; it’s okay to post a few when mixed with other links self promoting will not earn you karma points, risk being marked as a spammer Posting personal content- keep the links to facebook profiles or private information off the site Bottom line: Be funny, witty and interactive, but don’t try “too hard” to put your own content out there.

9. Mobile Apps Smart phones have various free reddit reader apps in the market iPhone iReddit : the official reddit app created by Condé Naste Alien Blue- Reddit : Third party app by Morrissey Exchange Pty Ltd Android Reddit is Fun: Third party app by Talklittle . There is also a paid version for $1.99 that offers more features Reddit Reader: Third party app by Dahlenapps Bacon Reader for reddit : third party app by Onelouder apps Blackberry Reddit in motion: Third party app by Domisy Dev